two in sacramento. and two in orange county. tonight, kron4 is looking into how to protect youself. will getting a flu shot help keep you from getting sick --- here's kron 4's justine waldman. >> take a deep breath in, breath out. >> reporter: just like that. walt besse got his flu shot. he felt it was the right thing to do. >> "it is a very preventable diease. if i don't get the flu than i cant give it to someone else." >> reporter: at the department of public health. nurses have given out 5- thousand flu vaccines this flu season. and more people have visited just in the past week. partly because the flu outbreak covering most of the country. >> because it happened other places it allows us time to go ahead and get vaccinated dr. tomas aragon knows >> reporter: people are apprehensive about getting the vaccination. ideally children 6 months or older, pregant woman and the elderly should get vaccinated. and people who work with large groups. >> "it is the people who are mildly ill who are out there spreading it to everyone else, so that is why we want people to get vaccinated bbecau